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RE: (erielack) Hostler's rules
Rich,
In re: Mr. Wogan.........long ago at SN Jct, I was coming on duty & Don
Willamon was being relieved when a boy scout special arrived from Youngstown
& changed ends to run over the cutoff to Pymatuning & back thru Sharon to
Youngstown. When they finished changing ends, Mr Wogan breifly appeared on
the rear coach & removed one of the marker lamps (this was in the era when
RRs still used marker lamps & not pieces of tin) as a test. I, being new,
didn't pick up on this, but Don did & with a few well-chosen words on the
radio proceeded to warn others up the road.
"SN TO THE BOY SCOUT SPECIAL, YOU HAVE NO MARKER ON THE NORTH SIDE
DEPARTING SN." repeated 3 or 4 times. We sat there listening to the
Leavittsburg yard job, a train in the siding at Johnsons, Latimer tower, and
a few others repeat this timely warning. No letters of reprimand that
day.........too bad. I believe in complying with the rules, but have never
cared for entrapment like this.
Regards, Walt Smith
>From: Richard Pennisi <eldispatcher72_@_yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Richard Pennisi <eldispatcher72_@_yahoo.com>
>To: Walter Smith <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>, paultup@lucent.com,
>erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
>Subject: RE: (erielack) Hostler's rules
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:04:53 -0800 (PST)
>
>Walt,
>
> C. E. (Eugene) Wogan became Superintendent of the New York Division for
>a few years prior to Conrail. This was back about 1970 or so. I remember
>him well, he almost fired me at Dover Tower one Sunday Night when I was
>having a slide show in the tower on second trick.
>
> Rich Pennisi
>
>
>
>Walter Smith <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Funny u should mention the power desk. There was a man in Youngstown -
>Walter Bura - who was introduced to me with the explanation that he
>'assigned power to the trains'. AI didn't have much contact with him, but
>perhaps Stewve Timko would recall him. I'm sure Cal Banse would.
>I'm reminded of another official at Youngstown in the early 60s - Gene
>Wogan - who I later ran into when I was a fireman on the ERIE side out of
>Hoboken. I saw him upstairs in the terminal building. I assume he moved
>east
>after the merger. Anyone remember these 2 guys??
>Walt Smith
> >From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)"
>
> >Reply-To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)"
>
> >To: "'erielack_@_lists.elhts.org'"
> >Subject: (erielack) Hostler's rules
> >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:41:43 -0500
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >The recent posting of the various trains, their motive power lashup and
> >tonnages bring up a question that I've wondered about for a while but
>never
> >was able to get a clear answer about.
> >
> >Who was responsible for assigning power to a train? I know there was a
> >power desk at the EL's Cleveland offices. Did they know where all the
>power
> >was on the railroad? Did they assign the power to the trains? Or did the
> >hostler at the terminal have some discretion in selecting the power?
> >
> >The aforementioned listings of lashups show an obvious preference towards
> >six-axle EMD and GE power for most trains. Occasionally you do see a GP35
> >or U25B sneak in, but that begs the question - where was the rest of the
> >fleets of these units? With a total of 62 U25Bs and GP35s, they all can't
> >be in use on through freights. I know on the east end you'd see GP35s and
> >U25B's substitute for GP7s or EMD NW/SWs on local freights, but not in
>huge
> >numbers. Were they replacing the RS3s/S2s on the West End of the
>railroad?
> >
> >Also, the lashups show another trend - the lashups were usually 2 or 3
> >units. How often did the EL ever go more than 3 units? (not counting
> >dead-in-tow units being transferred to a different location) It still
> >baffles my mind that today's modern freights normally run 4-6 units with
> >trains that seem comparable to EL in its final years. Is it because
>today's
> >freight cars are heavier/handle more tonnage?
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> >
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